NYC Mayor Eric Adams volunteers at Fuller Center build-a-thon for veterans in The Bronx, honored with Millard Fuller Award THE BRONX, New York City — The mayor of America’s largest city, Eric Adams, showed up at John F. Kennedy High School in The Bronx on Saturday to swing a hammer and run a chop saw […]
Photo: Army veteran Rita Rowland works through the rain on what will soon be her new home. Army veteran to finally get home of her own — in memory of Bob Crowley WEST POINT, Georgia — The rain has simply been unrelenting at this week’s Millard Fuller Legacy Build hosted by the Chattahoochee Fuller Center […]
Navy veteran grateful for new home, eager to repay costs to help others get same hand-up SHREVEPORT, Louisiana — The Fuller Center for Housing of Northwest Louisiana’s newest homeowner loves to crochet — and the results of that hobby can be seen in dozens of blankets that have been donated to a local homeless shelter, […]
(Photo: Glenda Cole sits on the front porch of her home in Greenwood, Miss., with her son, Phil. Cole recently paid off the mortgage on the home she partnered to build in 1999. Photo courtesy of the Greenwood Commonwealth.) Army veteran in Greenwood, Mississippi, celebrates paying off home mortgage There are many steps in the […]
(Photo: Charlie Thell and Tim DuBois get a hug from Carla Ross as son K’Hairi looks on during the 2017 dedication of their new Fuller Center home in West Point, Georgia.) Few children have captured the hearts of Fuller Center supporters the way K’Hairi did in 2017 when he saw his long-time Christmas wish come […]
(Photo: Vietnam veteran Ray Moneymaker sits in his Panama City home that was severely damaged by Hurricane Michael in 2018. He has since lost his wife to cancer and suffered a stroke. Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders’ work on his home is nearly complete.) Note: With an abundance of caution and a close eye on ever-changing […]
(This is the first in a series of reports from The Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders’ operations in North Carolina, where they are helping families recover from last September’s Hurricane Florence.) The only people who can truly sympathize with Gold Star families are members of other Gold Star families. They know all too well the grief […]
(Photo: Charles and Vernita Brown cut the ribbon on their new Bossier City home in 2012. Less than seven years later, they have now paid off the mortgage.) Journey from “The Bottoms” complete as house is paid off, mortgage burned Navy veteran Charles Brown and his wife Vernita know what it’s like to be mired […]
